Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-19
TnE NEW TREATMENT FOR C0N.
SUMPTION.


II has been favorits theory 10 med
teal science that II right remedies could
be safely applied TO the diseased sur
faces Of the lungs, consumption could
be cured. The French claim 20 have
discovered the methed Of this applioa
ton, and experiments made In Americas
cities give II the eountenanoe Of strong
probability. Hydrogen salphlde lie an
antissplic for blood poisoning" says an
authority, "but applied TO the aFtsEial
system largely, produces DEATH" The
French discovery consists Of treatment
by eczema by which the agent employed
acts upon the veins, and IL thrown Of By
the act Of respiration. When the meth
Cd was reported from the French facul-
~ sons months ago, the statement wa
received q it'll good deal Of incredibly
bat according TO the New York TribIHe
patients have been treated by Raseoui
enemata In New Orleans, Buffalo, Chioa-
90 and Philadelphia With success; and
1t adds:
in every case cOnsumptives in al
advanced stage of the disease have beer
Experimental upon, and without exoep-
tion With favorable results. In thu
Chicago case there was an immediate
reduction OF pulse and Temperature, 9
material elimination Of exBectoratioE
and q cessation Of night sWeats; and In
the other instances an eqnss improve
meat IN lhe symptoms Is recorded. IL
Philadelphia the enemata have been ap-
piled In leo cases, aud while the Sur
eeops Of the Home for OonsnmptiYee
the German Hospital and the Universe
~ Hospital. bold conservative views OF
the therapeutic value Of the treatment
their Judgement on the Wholc il mark
eddy favorable 10 It."
ID 10 not claimed by the French physi
cian who discovered Its uses and safety
nor by those Who have since adopted Il
that II 10 a specific in advanced cases OF
the disease, but that It affords great 70
lief, while in the early stages OF case
the disease may be eradioated. The gas
used IL mixture Of carbouic acid and
sulphurretted hydrogen. The instEu-
ment used for administering the remedy,
according TO the polycliHlc, quoted by
the TriJHHs, has been devised by a Phi.
Rdelphia surgeon, and closely resembles
that used by DR.. BeFgson 10 Lyons
originally.
The experiments made must be based
upon authenticated formulas, and most
OF the European and American hospital
Surgeons nov have accurate knowledge
of the proportion OF the gases, and the
necessary steps 10 be taken and precau.
tiOnary guards 10 be employed. In
Terra llaute, Indiana, in the present
month, abe case Of Mf. Jay, q mailer, !"
vas treated. To all appearances he was
fass failing under consumption, or what
is known as "nailers' consumption" He
had bean losing flesh ct the rate Of two
pounds q Seek; his pulss was l24, his
temperature l03. Under the first three
days of treatment he gained half
pound. and in seven days his
palse declined TO 80 and his tenn
peratnre 20 s.. lie slept well,
and much Of she previous nervous
ness left him. As proof that the gas
bad passed through his lungs within
three inmates after lie administration
a sheet OF paper, dipped In an acetate OF
lead solution, was held 10 front Of his
face, and the breath OF the patient
turned il black. 10 cannot be sald thai
the new discovery has as yet positively
demonstrated that the treatment vii
cure consumption. II has established thl
fact that It's ravaRes can be checked
and 10 Is confidently believed by physi
| clans who have given the matter coo
sideFalioB, that u taken at or near thi
beginning of the assault, tbs diseas
/ can be driven out.
DR.. +. A. Churchill, Of this city, ha
for ths past two months been using thi
treatment with good success.